Humberside Schools Championships
Costello Stadium, Hull – Saturday 13th June 2015
These Championships are for athletes who are in full time education in either Kingston upon Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and North and North East Lincolnshire. The age ranges covered are under 15, under 17 and under 20, that is everyone at either High School or 6th Form.
One of the selection criteria, in order to be chosen to represent the athletics area of Humberside at the English Schools Championships, at Gateshead in July is to compete at this meeting.
We suffered awful weather conditions, heavy rain poured from the heavens for almost the entire day, leaving the outfield sodden and muddy. It was a nightmare for the athletes as they struggled to keep warm between events and keep their clothing and equipment dry.
EVENT RESULTS
Under 20 Men
Eliot Gay won both the 100 and 200 metres races. He ran a time of 11.4s, to take the 100 title and a new PB of 23.0s, to win the 200 metres. Eliot has had some niggling injury problems over the past few weeks, but hopefully these are over now. He certainly looked fast and strong at this meeting.
Jack Michaels, who is a 400 metres hurdler, ran a flat 400 race, which he duly won and posted a new PB of 53.0s, into the bargain.
Joshua Taylor-Brown competed in the 800 metres final, where he ran a new personal best time of 2.04.0s, to win the race.
Under 20 Women
Luci Preston was the winner of the under 20 women’s 100 metres race, she recorded a time of 13.0s.
Maggie Okul, 5 times Northern Champion and UK ranked No.2, was the winner of the hammer competition with a throw of 50.0m.
Under 17 Men
Dominic Singh gave Kingston a second sprint double, winning both the 100 and 200 metres finals. In the 100 he ran a season’s best time of 11.1s and in the 200 he cruised to victory in 22.3s.Harry Stutely finished in 6th place in the 100 final, where he ran a new PB of 11.8s.
Marcel Dalee had total control of the 800 metres final, which he won in a time of 2:00.6s, fourteen seconds in front of the 2nd placed finisher.
The 3000 metres race saw Baldvin Magnusson run a season’s best time of 9:46.8s, to win the race.
Freddie Capes won the high jump competition. He cleared a height of 1.65m, a new personal best from him.
The pole vault saw another hotly contested final between Kingston’s Nathan Hood and Harry Stutely and Grimsby’s Sam Truman. Both Nathan and Harry cleared the bar at 3.20m, a personal best height for Harry, but Nathan won the competition on count back. Sam had to settle for 3rd place with 3.10m.
Macalley Morgan took 2nd place in the long jump competition, registering a new PB of 3.64m. His training partner Nathan Hood pushed him all the way to take 3rd place with a jump of 5.51m.
Northern Champion Joshua Tranmer had to settle for2nd place in the shot competition, but he threw a new PB of 12.76m.
In his number 1 event Joshua Tranmer blew away the opposition, putting in a throw of 38.99 to win the final, 19 metres ahead of the 2nd placed finisher.
Under 17 Women
Kingston recorded a 1-2-3 in the 100 metres final. Emily Lyons was the race winner in 12.7s, with Amelia Benson taking 2nd place, with a season’s best time of 12.9s and Gabrielle Whittle in 3rd position in 13.0s. Jessica Fields finished 5th in 13.6s and Megan Grant was 6th in 13.7s.
The same girls did the 1-2-3 in the same running order in the 200 metres final. Emily Lyons was the winner in 25.9s, followed by Amelia Benson in 26.2s and Gabrielle Whittle 3rd in 27.3s.
Another Kingston 1-2-3 followed in the 300 metres, where Amelia Robinson was the race winner 42.3s, with Jessica Fields 2nd in 43.9s, and Emily Robinson in 3rd with a new PB of 46.3s.
Natalie Bell was the winner of the 800 metres race, where she ran a season’s best time of 2:34.8s.
The high jump competition was won by Hollie Smith with a clearance of 1.55m. Bryony Underwood took 2nd place and she cleared a height of 1.40m.
Chloe Sole was the winner of the 80 metres hurdles race with a time of 13.0s. Sian Kerry took 2nd place and she ran a new PB of 14.1s.
Sophie O’Hara won both the discus and the shot competitions. In the shot she had a best throw of 10.42m, and in the discus her best throw was 32.97m. Emily Robinson took 2nd place in the discus with her best effort measuring 20.10m.
Emily Robinson and Sian Kerry saw further action in the javelin. The two girls are ranked No.3 and 4 in Yorkshire. Emily was the winner of the competition with a throw of 30.04m, and Sian took 2nd place with 24.12m.
Olivia Stevenson the UK ranked No.1, won the hammer competition and also improved her British record with a throw of 60.23m.
Under 15 Boys
Jack Perry won the 100 metres final, with an impressive run, which yielded him a time for the race of 11.9s.
Adam Coles is the No. 1 ranked 80 metres hurdler in Yorkshire and he won his race with plenty to spare, recording a time of 12.6s.
Jack Perry won the long jump competition and went over 6 metres for the first time, to take his personal best out to 6.06m. Matthew Elliott took 2nd place and he too set a new PB of 5.37m.
Matthew Elliott also competed in the triple jump, where he set another new PB of 11.33m, to win the competition.
Shaun Kerry, who had already achieved the qualifying standard for English Schools, won the hammer competition with a throw of 37.03m. Will Robinson took 2nd place with a throw 36.38m. Shaun Kerry picked up a second victory, this time in the javelin, where he threw a new PB of 35.39m. He also finished 2nd in the shot competition with a throw of 11.25m.
Will Robinson meanwhile took a 2nd place finish in the discus, where he threw 24.45m.
Under 15 Girls
The Northern Indoor 200 champion, Hannah Kynman won both the 100 and 200 metre sprints finals. In the 100 she ran a time of 12.6s and in the 200 26.5s.
Libby Wheeler took 3rd place in the 100 metres and she ran a new PB of 13.5s. Kate Huntington was 4th in the 100 with a time of 14.1s, and she took 3rd place in the 200, where she ran 29.1s.
The 800 metres saw Abbie Haigh take a second place finish and run a time of 2:39.2s.
Charlotte Dalton also took 2nd place in the 1500 metres, in which she recorded a new PB of 5:11.5s.
The Yorkshire ranked No. 1, Venus Morgan, was the winner of the 75 metres hurdles race, where she recorded a time of 11.8s. Paige Mathers took 3rd place and set a new PB of 13.2s.
Paige Mathers cleared a height of 1.25m, to clinch 3rd place in the high jump competition.
Libby Wheeler, in her main event the long jump, produced a new PB of 5.12m to not only win the competition, but also move up the rankings to No.3 in Yorkshire.
Harriet Cannell was the winner of the javelin competition, with a throw of 23.53m. Rebecca Chivers was in 8th place with 12.99m.
